Rich Hill (pitcher)
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Hill pitching for the Oakland Athletics in 2016
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| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 44 | |||
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Born: March 11, 1980 Milton, Massachusetts |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 15, 2005, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 38–28 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.10 | ||
| Strikeouts | 616 | ||
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Richard Joseph Hill (born March 11, 1980) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played for the Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and Oakland Athletics. Hill made his MLB debut in 2005.
Hill was born and raised in Milton, Massachusetts, and played for Milton High School's Varsity baseball team when he was a freshman. He is one of four to do that in the school's history. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 36th round of the 1999 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft; he considered it a great honor but conceded that he wasn't ready to play professional baseball so he decided to play college baseball for the Michigan Wolverines. As a freshman, he pitched in 13 games with five starts and a high 9.23 Earned run average (ERA) but he became a full-time member of the rotation as a sophomore and was 3–5 with a 3.84 ERA in 15 games, including one complete game shutout. He was drafted again, in the seventh round of the 2001 MLB Draft by the Anaheim Angels but decided to return to school for his junior season, claiming he was unhappy with the money offered by the Angels. Hill also pitched for the Chatham A's in the Cape Cod League during the summer of 2000 and 2001, working 56 1⁄3 innings and striking out 76. In his junior season at Michigan in 2002, he was 3–7 with a 3.55 ERA in 15 games, including eight complete games and two shutouts. He struck out 104 while walking only 38.
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